Last night on Triva Trap one of the answers was that on the night he was shot, among the things President Lincoln had in his pocket was $5 worth of rebel cash.
I’d never heard this before.
#1: Is this true or a U.L.
#2: Why in the world would he?
Lincoln had an odd sense of humor. Behind his desk he kept a sword someone sent him. It was made of very strong, very heavy steel and so was useless. He thought it was funny. He also had a hand grenade sent him by some inventor.
He likes odd stuff.
I think Lincoln paying or tipping someone with a confederate note would be hillarious. 
His VP was from Tennessee, and he had to pay the poor bastard somehow…
It is true — and the $5 bill in question is on display in the museum under Ford’s Theater in Washington. (Or at least it was when I visited several years ago.)
A WAG but a few days before he was killed, Lincoln had visited Richmond after its surrender. He may have picked up a souvenir.
Hedging his bets?
Ah, ha! Thanks! 
Well you see, they hadn’t invented pocket-sized Kleenex yet, and he was tired of having to wash his handkerchief snotrag all the time.
Not only that, but he sat at Jefferson Davis’ desk in the White House of the Confederacy. Maybe it slipped out of Davis’ pocket and was behind the cushions of the chair 
You son of a gun I came in to say that.
Here is a pic. The NYTimes was not in his pocket but was a recap of Booth’s big night and is inappropriate for this picture
:eek: Talking to him recently?
(I just noticed that typo, scrolled down and darn if you didn’t mention it.)
Oh, so JWB, like many struggling actors, worked as a waiter??? And that whole assassination thing was merely a waiter’s revenge?
Hey, just a little concerned that with your parrot gone, that you having started talking to dead people
"Sadly, his otherwise excellent exit was marred by a broken leg, and the audience participated in his final performance in a most barbarous fashion. I doubt he will be playing to this, or any other, audience again.
Mrs. Lincoln has thus far refused to comment on the play, focusing instead on the ‘naked Injun’ pulling red-hot needles from her left eye."
But it’s been reported that, aside from one thing, she really liked the show.